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US rapper Talib Kweli is preparing in Cuba the concert he will give at the Rumba Palace on Friday.

According to the Cuban Rap Agency, local bands Mano Armada, Brebaje Man, Invaxión and Kilómetro 969, will share the scene with Brooklyn composer musician, New York, considered one of the most prominent of the Afro-American underground rap.

Kweli’s career shows a curious balance between commercial success and frequent acclaim by critics.

His lyric, exposed in a dozen albums, carries a strong political and social content.

The US artist has collaborated with his compatriot Kanye West, and participated in the song Like That,of the group Black Eyed Peas,between several works, even gave voice to the protagonist of the video game Getting Up.

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Artist Remigio Hernandez, 64, sits with his dog at his self made ‘Museum of Baby’ at his home in Moron, Cuba, Feb. 16, 2017. | Photo: Reuters

Remigio Hernandez has been dubbed locally as “The Van Gogh of Moron.”

Lack of money has not kept Remigio Hernandez from making striking art. Without formal training or access to supplies, the Cuban artist has still managed to turn his modest home into a museum featuring sculptures made from scraps of aluminum, busts molded from mud and portraits daubed onto discarded televisions.

“Museum of Baby,” in the sleepy town of Moron in central Cuba, is named after Hernandez’s late wife Barbara, or “Baby.” In one life-size sculpture, she gallops off on a white steed into paradise. In a painting, she is the Mona Lisa.

The Black actor converted to Islam in 2001 and has recently spoken of the discrimination he faced over his decision.

Mahershala Ali won the best supporting actor Oscar Sunday for his role as a drug-dealing mentor to an impoverished Black gay boy in the intimate independent drama “Moonlight,” becoming the first-ever Muslim to take home the award.